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Jim joined his PC colleagues today to urge investigations into cancelation of gas plants

(February 13, 2013) If Premier Kathleen Wynne is serious about being different from her predecessor and her government’s record, she will immediately re-strike the committees investigating the Mississauga and Oakville gas plant cancellation and the scandal at Ornge air ambulance, Ontario PC House Leader Jim Wilson said today.

ONTARIANS DESERVE THE TRUTH – PCs TO MOVE ON CONTEMPT MOTIONS

Queen's Park – Four months ago the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals shut down the Legislature in an effort to avoid accountability and stop the investigation into the politically motivated decision to cancel the Mississauga and Oakville gas plants, PC MPPs Rob Leone and Todd Smith said today.

“The McGuinty-Wynne Liberals were so desperate to hide the full cost of cancelling the Mississauga and Oakville power plants, that they were willing to obstruct MPPs from doing their jobs on behalf of outraged Ontario taxpayers,” said Leone. “Ontarians deserve to know who is responsible for the $1 billion that was wasted to save 5 Liberal seats in the 2011 election.”

Leone made the comments while stating that he will ask the Speaker to re-introduce a motion that will have a Legislative committee report on whether the McGuinty-Wynne government should be held in contempt for refusing to release all documents relating to the cancelled gas plants.

“This is not only about the $1 billion wasted by this government, but also about the level of political interference by the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals,” Smith added.

“On numerous occasions between September 25th and October 1st, 2012, Liberal MPPs, including Premier Kathleen Wynne, stood up in the Legislature and said that all documents had been provided – only to find out on October 12th that the Liberals left out 20,000 additional documents,” continued Smith.

“It is becoming increasingly clear that MPPs have been obstructed from obtaining the truth about the gas plant cancellations. I intend to raise this issue with the Speaker and ensure that Ontarians find out who ordered the cover-up and what else the McGuinty-Wynne Liberals are hiding from them.”

Smith concluded, “This is more than a contempt motion against one individual. It’s about protecting taxpayers and holding an increasingly shady government to account.”